Education

North Carolina State University • 2003 – May 2012 PhD in Public Administration Part-time studies and relevant coursework include organizational theory and statistics with some focus on mass communication and public administration. Qualitative dissertation looking at relationship between agenda-setting effects between local media and local governments including in-depth data gathering/analysis of local government budgets and local media content analysis. Completed August 2012.

Papers presented or scheduled for presentation at Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Western Political Science Association, College Media Association and Midwest Political Science Association

Research in mass media agenda setting for dissertation.

Other substantive research in agenda setting, the PATRIOT Act and Freedom of Information Act

Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs • 1996-1997 Master of Public Administration, June 1997 Relevant coursework and projects:

Team paper/presentation on Americans with Disabilities Act

Governmental law, budgeting and finance

In-depth policy analysis of education reform

Multiple papers/presentations on organizational theory for the 21st century

Casework in public administration law, science/innovation management and economics

The University of Texas at Austin • 1983-1989

Bachelor of Journalism, May 1989 Bachelor of Arts, Major in Biology/Chemistry, May 1988 Relevant coursework, projects, honors

Media relations, media law, covering governments, science reporting

Peer leadership/development

Friar Society (honor society)

Students’ Association, director of News and Information

Texas Student Publications, president of the Board of Directors

Employment

Midwestern State University Assistant Professor, Director of Student Media • Sept. 2012 – present Taught courses in reporting and writing and broadcast production that included components of grammar, spelling, punctuation and AP style as well as media law and ethics along with all aspects of media reporting, including social media. Advised student media including weekly student newspaper, The Wichitan, and weekly news broadcast, Campus Watch, both with online components including social media such as Twitter and Facebook.

North Carolina State University Coordinator, Student Media Advising • Dec. 2002-Oct. 2011 While pursuing PhD, taught training classes in photojournalism, design, reporting, diversity, media law and copyediting. Prepared online training materials at ncsu.edu/sma, making use of online classroom systems such as Blackboard. Supervised professional staff of five including human resource and information technology operations. Advised daily newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, television operation, radio station and online media. Wrote press releases and numerous documents to promote and document activities of program within the university system and externally. Prepared budget exceeding $800,000 and manage day-to-day, non-content-related issues. For about 10 years, served as administrative liaison between students and campus administration. Publications received numerous state and national awards including the Gold Crown from CSPA and the Pacemaker from ACP.

National Press Photographers Association Executive Director • Jan. 1999- Feb. 2001 Coordinated the day-to-day operations of this 10,000-member professional association for television and still photojournalists including managing workshops, $1.8 million budget, membership activities, staffing, press relations, contract negotiation, sales items and media relations. On a daily basis, worked with publishers, editors, photographers and reporters at television stations, magazines and newspapers all over the world. Assisted board members with writing and implementing policy, including writing first policy handbook. Negotiated hotel contracts for national and regional conferences. Supervised national office staff. Prepared budget and regular budget reports. Maintained membership database and regular membership reports.

University Interscholastic League Assistant Academic Director • Aug. 1997 – Jan. 1999 Produced bi-monthly newsmagazine working with numerous writers and photographers as managing editor of the Leaguer (circ: 35,000). Edited numerous other UIL publications related to all facets of UIL’s mission. Provided information to legislators, local and state media regarding academic competitions. Coordinated state-wide conferences and numerous contests at all grade levels including arranging for speakers locally, regionally and nationally. Coordinated academic contests for high school, junior high and elementary. Managed academic professional and student staff members.

Taylor Publishing Company Marketing Department Manager • Aug. 1993-June 1996 Managed technology branch including indirect supervision of engineering, production and education staffs for one of the nation’s largest book publishers headquartered in Dallas. Represented company to public and media. Led Total Quality Management teams and re-engineering process team that resulted in new $2.5 million production environment. Served as art director on numerous photographic/art projects. Pioneered technical support/customer service division for desktop publishing environment. Helped to setup and maintain computer network and Internet presence.

Irving High School Publications Adviser • Sept. 1992-Aug. 1993 Advised student publications ($50,000 budget) and taught classes in photography, journalism and publications production for suburban school district near Dallas. Wrote curriculum guide. Coordinated and taught at numerous workshops throughout the Metroplex, state and nation.

Wimberley Independent School District Public Information Officer Sept. • 1989-Aug. 1992 Handled media relations with Austin/San Marcos/San Antonio newspapers, radio and television stations. Edited central administration publications for rural school district including district’s annual report. Advised student publications ($12,000 budget) and taught classes in all aspects of media. Wrote district technology plan.

Westlake Picayune Head photographer • 1981-Jan. 1987 Coordinated all darkroom and photography for a large, weekly newspaper. Served as special section editor for three consecutive years. Assigned stories, photos and assisted with typesetting. Supervised photography staff and free-lance photographers. Worked with other Austin-area media as free-lance photographer and writer.

Other Activities

North Carolina College Media Association Coordinated on-site photo adventures, including those in New Orleans (2013), New York City (2013), Chicago (2012), Orlando (2011), Louisville (2010), Austin (2009), Kansas City (2008) and Washington, D.C. (2007). Coordinated speakers on photojournalism at national conventions in New York City, Austin and other cities. Assisted with the creation of a statewide college media association and served as the organization’s chair for five years. NCCMA hosted its second convention at N.C. State in 2009, its fifth at Winston Salem State University in 2012 and started a statewide contest for college students in 2010.

Association of Texas Photography InstructorsSenior consultant • 1996-current First state-wide organization devoted solely to improving the quality of photography instruction. Coordinated fall/winter conference, the first conference developed solely for high school photographers. Organized summer workshop for instructors only. Edited newsletter. Chaired board meetings. Developed membership and conference registration databases. Served as vice president, president and past present beginning in 1993. Received ATPI’s highest award, the Star of Texas, in 1999. CLICK HERE

Cary Area EMS • 1999-2012 North Hays County EMS; Wimberley EMS • 1997-1999 Syracuse University Ambulance • 1996-1997 Wimberley Emergency Medical Services • 1990-1992 Worked as volunteer and paid medic in these rural EMS services serving the local area with mutual-aid into surrounding areas. Handled incident command on various scenes in addition to running routine calls. Developed media (public relations and advertising) campaigns. Wrote press releases including crisis communication. Served on board of directors for Wimberley EMS for which duties included authoring new set of bylaws and state charter. Developed bi-monthly training program – “Super Scenario Sunday” – for new medics and taught Explorer class. CLICK HERE

“The Impact of Media Agenda Setting on Local Governments” presented at the Western Political Science Association conference, April 21-23, 2011, San Antonio; James Endersby, University of Missouri, chair; Glen Smith, Gainesville State College, discussant.

“A Profile of North Carolina Collegiate Media” presented at the College Media Advisers fall 2009 convention in Austin, Texas. A research presentation looking at the college media outlets, their budgets and their advisers. Written with graduate student Heath Gardner.

“From Playboy to Fashion Friday” presented at the College Media Advisers fall 2008 convention in Kansas City. A research presentation looking at the relationship between sources and reporters with Heath Gardner.

“Three is a Magic Number: A Case Study in the Use of Sources in a Daily Student Newspaper” presented at the College Media Advisers fall 2007 convention in Washington, D.C., with Lee Williams, NCSU graduate student

Meet Me @ Miami, University of Miami (Florida), Aug. 9-15, 2014 | Taught closing general session on using social media responsibly for coverage and marketing to high school workshop students. Taught photojournalism classes and worked with college. View the pages the students created in 48 hours.

Going Coastal 2014, Carolina Beach, N.C., Aug. 5-8, 2014 | Featured workshop speaker for third year of this growing high school yearbook workshop for Balfour Publishing Company.

Camp Lonestar San Antonio, Holmes High School, July 23-25, 2014 | Taught general sessions on newspaper production, design and coverage to high school students for Walsworth Publishing Company.

Lubbock Christian University Yearbook Workshop, Lubbock Christian University, July 22-23, 2014 | Featured workshop speaker for second year at high school workshop for Balfour Publishing Company.

Virginia jCamp, James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Va.), July 12-17, 2014 | Taught social media, photography and yearbook classes for this statewide workshop.

Dallas County Gloria Shields All-American Workshop, Dallas Marriott Quorum, June 30-July 3, 2014 | Taught online media class for high school students including all social media, WordPress, Eye-Fi and other techniques in social media, online media and online video.

Beat the Heat, Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Texas), June 24-26 | Coordinated all aspects of this workshop being held for the first year with about 20 students in attendance from area high schools. Coordinated everything from dining to rooms to production of workshop materials. Taught classes in photography, design and reporting/writing.

North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, June 17-19, 2014 | Taught sessions to newspaper, yearbook, photography and literary magazine classes on all aspects of photography from ethics/law to composition to editing.

Walsworth Camp Lonestar, Gaylord Texan Resort (Grapevine, Texas), June 15-17, 2014 | Taught general sessions on advanced design, design and other aspects of yearbook production to this large (300+) group of high school students at Walsworth Publishing workshop.

Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Allen High School (Texas), June 11-13, 2014 | Taught pilot class in “Photography and Social Media” for high school photography instructors from several different states. Taught students how to interact with social media is a critical element of school curriculums. Utilizing social media to exhibit, critique and sell photography is a natural extension of the lessons learned in the classroom. From SmugMug to Pinterest and from Instagram to SnapSeed, this class explored the latest in social media apps while making sure that teachers have up-to-date lesson plans for helping students navigate and engage with the world through social media. Photoshop and Lightroom were both be utilized in the class.

Texas Interscholastic League Press Conference, Austin, April 26-27, 2014 | Taught three sessions: “Why You Should Work for the College Media” with students from the University of Texas and Midwestern State University, “Photography and the Social Media” and “The Boston Marathon.”

Texas Intercollegeiate Press Association, San Antonio, April 12, 2014 | Taught sessions in modern print design trends and lessons learned in photojournalism ethics from the Boston Marathon. Assisted with coordination of and judged news photography contest.

College Media Association, New York City, March 12-15, 2014 | Coordinated on-site photography competition and judging, including instruction on the contest, taught “Advisers’ Guide to Establishing Policies” and “The Boston Marathon: A Lesson in Photojournalistic Ethics,” and sat on panel “Fast Five: Great Ideas for Advising and Teaching in No More than Five Minutes” coordinated by Hillary Warren of Otterbein University

Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Austin, Texas, Feb. 6-9, 2014 | Managed statewide conference for 26th consecutive year including coordinating judges and contests as well as producing the printed program for more than 300 students and about 30 instructors; first day held at the Texas State Capitol; second day at Austin Community College — Northridge using computer labs and studio space.

College Media Association/Associated Collegiate Press national convention, New Orleans., Oct. 23-27, 2013, taught half-day pre-conference workshop “So, You Want to Take Pictures for The Chicago Sun-Times?”, coordinated on-site photography competition and judging, sat on panel, “Advisers’ Guide to Establishing Policies,” and co-taught session “If It Bleeds, It Leads” with Mickey Osterreicher, attorney for the National Press Photographers Association, about the legal and ethical issues resulting from photos of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Lead instructor, Walsworth Yearbooks 2013 Fall Workshop, Trinity University, San Antonio, Oct. 10, 2013 | Taught large-group presentations in photography, online/social media, yearbook design to about 160 area students. Also worked with individual staff members and individual staffs and sat on question/answer panel at end of the workshop.

Lead instructor, Orlando yearbook workshop, Orlando, Fla., Sept. 26-29, 2013 | Taught large-group presentations in social media and photography to some 60 students and advisers; worked with individual schools on coverage, reporting, writing, design.

Lead instructor, Meet Me @ Miami, University of Miami college-level, multi-media workshop, University of Miami, Aug. 2-7, 2013 and opening speaker at Camp Wannamaka, Aug. 8, 2013. | View the pages the students created at the college workshop in 48 hours.

North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 17-20, 2013 | Taught photojournalism class with 36 high-school students

Carolina Journalism Institute, the University of South Carolina, June 12-15, 2013 | Taught photojournalism class (video)

Dow Jones News Fund Center for Copyediting Excellence, May 22-31, 2013 | Taught classes in passive voice, caption writing and assisted with production of daily newspaper during this 10-day workshop for college interns (more)

College Media Association Spring National College Media Convention, New York City, March 9-12, 2013 | Coordinated on-site photography competition and judging, including instruction on the contest, “Greetings from NYC”; taught “Life on the Field. And Off” with Josh Merwin, freelance NYC photographer; sat on panel about law and ethics with Chris Evans, University of Vermont, Loran Lewis, Wilkes University and Mickey Osterreicher, attorney for the National Press Photographers Association

Coppell High School, Coppell, Texas, March 1, 2013 | Taught three classes on convergence and spot news coverage to high school students in introductory journalism courses

Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Arlington, Texas, Feb. 8-10, 2013 | Managed statewide conference for 25th consecutive year including coordinating judges and contests as well as producing the printed program

Virginia J-Day, April 20-21, 2012, featured speaker at this state-wide workshop, taught opening keynote: “The Universe without Journalism,” as well as three other sessions on Saturday and day-long photography workshop for photographers at Harrisonburg High School

Creativity Workshop and Adviser’s Appreciation Luncheon, April 17, 2012, featured speaker at this workshop sponsored by Walsworth Publishing

Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill summer workshop for advisers, July 5-8, 2011. Taught college-credit class (JOMC 605) to advisers on online media, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

Instructor, North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, June 13-16, 2011. Taught class in photojournalism and produced workshop show.

Instructor, 10th Annual National College Yearbook Workshop, New Orleans, La., June 2-4, 2011. Taught Advanced Design class as well as breakout sessions on using online media and social media in yearbooks.

Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Feb. 11-13, 2011, Arlington, Texas, managed statewide conference for 23rd consecutive year including coordinating judges and contests, producing program and teaching classes in new media.

North Carolina College Media Association, Boone, N.C., Feb. 19, 2011, taught session on “Saving the College Yearbook” at state college media convention. Served as chair of organization that sponsored the fourth-annual conference.

Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association national convention, Portland, Oregon, April 15-18, 2010, taught sessions in addition to coordinating on-site photo competitions: “The Best of the Best” and “Soundslides: How and Why.”

Columbia Scholastic Press Association national convention, New York City, March 26, 2010, taught one-hour classes in coverage of emergencies and use of appropriate file formats in digital images.

College Media Advisers national convention, New York City, March 20-23, 2010, taught day-long course on use of photography in new media including Twitter, TwitPix, Flicker and Soundlides; also taught one-hour classes in and coordinated all photo sessions at national conference.

Southern Interscholastic Press Association, Columbia, S.C., March 4-7, 2010, taught sessions on general photography, new media / social media and photography and Soundslides.

North Carolina College Media Association, Elon University, Elon, N.C., Feb. 20, 2010, served as chair of statewide organization that hosted third annual state conference, assisted with judging and business aspects of convention.

Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Feb. 4-7, 2010, Arlington, Texas, managed statewide conference for 22nd consecutive year including coordinating judges and contests, producing program and teaching classes in new media.

Featured speaker and keynote speaker, East Carolina University High School Media Workshop, Oct. 7, 2009. Presented sessions on “Yearbook Design Trends” and “Yearbook Coverage” as well as general session at closing on mass media credibility.

First North Carolina College Media Association convention in Chapel Hill. Taught session on managing student photojournalists. Assisted with management of conference. Named chair of steering committee to create bylaws for new association.

Southern Interscholastic Press Association, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., March 19 – April 2, taught classes in photography

Southern Interscholastic Press Association, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., March 3-6, 2006, taught four sessions: “The Thinking Photographer,” “Painting with Light,” “A look at Adobe Creative Suite 2” and “Photojournalism: Law and Ethics”; taught with two student photography editors (Austin Dowd and Nick Pironio) and Mark Murray of the Arlington (Texas) Independent School District

Association of Texas Photography Instructors, Austin, Texas, Feb. 17-19, 2006, taught hands-on technology class, “Tips and Tricks,” with Nick Pironio, as well as a class on new photo-editing software from Adobe and Apple, “Aperture and Lightroom”